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Arrest Made in Bicycle Fatality Accident

Byers Levy, 59, a bicyclist riding around Lake Hollingsworth was struck and killed by Ronald L. Akins, 75 on September 8, 2013. The Follow-up investigation was conducted by LPD Traffic Homicide Investigator Michael Catalano. A Florida Department of Law Enforcement analysis of the blood sample taken from Akins tested positive for ethanol, specifically, Ethyl alcohol levels of 0.099 and 0.101 g/100 mL of blood. For drivers over 21 the legal limit in Florida is .08.

Based on this information, Ronald Akins was arrested on 1/21/14 and charged with Driving Under the Influence resulting in a death, a second degree felony.